Board clears LLT Academy Ruskin campus expansion, allowing gym and student increase
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Summary
Hillsborough commissioners approved a minor modification to LLT Academy’s Ruskin campus to add a gym and increase enrollment from 888 to 1,020 students, with county staff requiring annual operational monitoring of queuing and transportation conditions.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners on May 13 approved a minor modification to LLT Academy’s Ruskin campus that increases the school’s enrollment cap and permits additional building area for a new gym.
The board approved the minor modification after county staff reviewed transportation and queuing plans and recommended conditions to ensure on‑site stacking will accommodate the added students. "We're adding a gym, which will add some additional student stations, and we have agreed to operational conditions such that we can utilize the existing queuing system and won't have an adverse effect on anyone outside of the project, including a monitoring condition that allows the county to monitor that on an annual basis," attorney Cammy Corbett said on behalf of the applicant.
Why it matters: Changes to enrollment capacity and facility square footage at school campuses affect vehicle queuing, drop‑off operations and neighborhood traffic; the county imposed conditions intended to keep transportation impacts on site.
What the board decided: The staff‑recommended conditions and the minor modification were approved by the board (motion recorded: 7–0). The approval increases the school’s student cap from 888 to 1,020 and increases building area for the project from about 60,428 to about 79,672 square feet (an increase of roughly 19,244 square feet).
Details and context: Development Services staff reported review by transportation staff and concluded that the applicant’s queuing and circulation plan can accommodate the additional students if the agreed operational conditions are implemented and monitored annually. No public opposition was recorded at the meeting.
What’s next: The applicant will proceed under the amended PD conditions and must comply with the monitoring and any other conditions set by Development Services.
Speakers quoted in this story spoke at the May 13, 2025 Hillsborough County Land Use meeting.